One Caveman’s Financial Journey

This is the third installment of Credit Perspectives. Please visit the introductory post for the other perspectives provided in the rest of the series.
The idea of credit has been around since before money was invented, but the invention of the credit card in the 1950s allowed our economy to grow in new and previously-unimagined [...]

This is the second installment of Credit Perspectives. Please visit the introductory post for the other perspectives provided in the rest of the series.
The idea of credit has been around since before money was invented, but the invention of the credit card in the 1950s crippled our economy. Never before has it been [...]

This is the first installment of Credit Perspectives. Please visit the introductory post for the other perspectives provided in the rest of the series.
The idea of credit has been around since before money was invented, but the invention of the credit card in the 1950s revolutionized our economy. Never before has it been [...]

I’ve heard a lot of bickering over credit cards lately.  It appears there are two camps that are dead-set on pushing their conflicting agendas and everyone else is caught up in their fight.
One side is convinced that credit cards are great.  They free you from the need to carry cash, they provide you with great [...]